Improvement in rain-spout supports



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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

DANIEL ROAKE, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAlN-SPOUT SUPPORTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 163,53 1, dated May 18,1875; application filed April 14, 1875.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be itknown that I, DANIEL RoAKE, of Haverhill, of the county of Essexand State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and. useful Improvementin Conductor-Brackets or Spout-Supporters; and do hereby declare thesame to be fully described in the following specification, andrepresented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is aperspective view of the article as improved by me; Fig. 2 is a top view,and Fig. 3 a side elevation, of it. Fig. 4 is a perspective rear view ofthe dovetailed brace.

My invention consists, mainly, in a tapering base plate, provided with asocketed flange, in combination with a furcated brace, having fasteningholes and ears, and a dovetailed head, all as hereinafter explained.

In such drawings, A denotes a furcated brace, somewhat in the form of aspur, but having at its rear end a tapering or dovetailed head, a, tofit into a corresponding socket, I), made in a flange, 0, extending froma supportplate, B. The prongs d d of the brace are bent in the formshown, to receive between them a cylindrical spout, and each prong, nearits end, not only has a hole, 0, made through it, but is provided with astud or projection, f, to extend upward from itin manner as shown. Theholes are designed to receive screws for fastening a spout, when ofwood, to the brace. When, however, the spout may be of metal, the studsor projections f f are used with a Wire bent around them to hold thespout in connection with the brace. The support-plate B tapers graduallyfrom top to bottom, it being wider at top than at bottom, and it hasholes h h made through it to receive screws for fastening it to the sideof a building. The purpose of the plate being made tapering, asdescribed, is to enable it to be fitted to the clapboarding of abuilding, so as to cause the brace to standhorizontally. By having thebrace and support-plate in separate parts, connected by a dovetail andits socket, as described, the spout may be removed from the building atany time without the necessity of first detaching from the building thesupportplates or removing the fastenings of the braces and the spout.

I claim in the spout-supporter as follows, v1z.:

l. The fastening-plate B, tapered and provided with the dovetail socket,as described, and for use with the separate furcated brace provided withthe dovetailed head to enter such socket.

2. The dovetailed and furcated brace A, provided with the studs f f andthe screw bolts 6 0 arranged with it, and for use as specified.

3. The tapering base-plate B, provided with the socketed flange, asdescribed, in combination with the furcated brace A, provided with thedovetailed head a, the holes 6 e, and the studs f f, all beingsubstantially as specified.

DANIEL ROAKE.

Witnesses:

B. H. EDDY, J. R. SNOW.

